Overview
Legal Secretary Jobs in Sandwell, UK at Prescient Recruitment Group Ltd
Location: Sandwell
Legal Secretary – Property
Spalding
Full time/Permanent
Salary up to £30,000 depending on skill set and experience
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Prescient Group is partnered with a highly prestigious, professional top 150 national law firm with five strategically located offices across the Midlands and East Anglia.
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They adopt a one-team ethos across all offices and pride themselves on building longstanding relationships with clients
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You will join a welcoming, professional team who work collaboratively as one by:
Building trust, driving to be better, embracing individual talent, making a difference, and using big picture thinking that gets the detail right
This is an
exciting
opportunity to be involved in interesting and good quality work as a member of a growing team which looks outwards and thrives on delivering a great job for clients.
The role comes with some fantastic financial, physical, and social benefits
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Main Responsibilities
Provide the team with typing, secretarial and administrative support.
Work responsibly to support the needs of the fee earners and the priorities given delivering a quality service.
Assist with digital dictation and administrative support across the company in line with the Company’s workflow ethic.
Transcribe and prepare all correspondence and documents through audio typing and word processing, using Company precedents where appropriate.
Operate case management system including storing documents electronically – organising and attaching to relevant matters.
Familiarity with all relevant computer packages including, but not limited to: PDF Docs, document conversion and tracked changes.
Be involved in the efficient management of client/matter files to include general filing in a timely and accurate manner together with file opening, preparation of client care letters and terms and conditions, file closure and archiving.
Make appointments, arrange meetings and maintain manager/fee earners diary as required including providing refreshments if necessary.
Monitoring compliance and Lexcel requirements.
Skills Required
Experience as a legal secretary/secretary, including the use of a digital dictation tool.
Computer literacy, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
A typing speed of at least 65 wpm/90% accuracy.
Excellent
attention to detail
, including spelling and punctuation.
An ability to organise own work effectively and plan well to meet required deadlines.
This role will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standards, Counter Terrorist Check and Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.
Contact:
Emma or Charlotte at Prescient Group
*** Due to the nature of the business, the successful candidate will need to undertake full Safeguarding vetting and an enhanced DBS check**
* If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.
The Prescient Group will be managing your application by the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, we will contact you and manage your personal data in accordance with the guidelines of GDPR
Title: Legal Secretary
Company: Prescient Recruitment Group Ltd
Location: Sandwell, UK
Category: Administrative/Clerical, Law/Legal
